Display box



E. E. DARRAGH DISPLAY BOX Feh, 1929. 1,701,065

Filed April 1l. 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet l INV NTOR Feb. 5, 1929.

E. E. DARRAGH DISPLAY BOX 2 Sheets-Sheet Filed April ll 1925 1N lVENTORA TTORNE Patented Feb.' 5; 1929.

EDWIN n. mamen, oF NEW YORK. N. Y.

` 'DISPLAY Box.

Application filed April 11, 19,123. Serial N0. 681,258.

'This invention relates to improvements in I display boxes. f

- nomically formed in one Boxes of this type, when opened to displaytheir contents, are. usually supported in an inclined position on aso-called easel beneath the box end, and also have an advertising ordisplay card secured to the top of the box so as to be turned upward inan erect position at theupper end of the box when the box is set upor'opened for display yof its contents. j

The present inventionc aims particularly to improve the construction ofsuch display boxes by providing a novel form of blank, whereby theeasel, advertising or display card, and box cover may be readily andecopiece, and by the be quickly set up higher and morge heretofore. The

use of whichthe box may and firmly supported in a conspicuous positionthan improved blank also includes means for aubeset in its inclinedtomatically locking the `easel in adjusted position under the box,

position without liability of slipping forward and thereby pulling theleasel up from under the end of the box made up from the and also meansfor maintaining the advertising-or display card in an erect positionwhen thev box is set up, so as to avoid the necessity for constantre-adjustment of such card, as in some prior devices of this kind.

To enable others skilled in the art to un derstand theinvention,'preferred and modified forms of embodiments thereof will nowbe described in detail` in connection with the accompanying drawings,'and the features forming the invention will then be specific'allypointed out in the claims.

' In thev drawings- Figure l1 is a perspective viewv of a box preferredform of blank, in its set up position;

Figure 2 is a plan view of the preferredA form of blank therefor;

, Figure3 is a section taken longitudinally through the center of thebox of Fig. 1;

Figure 4 is a similar view. ofthe same box in. closedposition l Figure 5is a'plan view of the end portion of the box-body blank, to which thecombinedA cover, attached; and

Figures 6 and 7 .are plan views of modified forms of blanks forproducing boxes similar to that of Fig. 1. x

Referring now to the drawings, and parline c toward each other, so thatt-he latter may display Y/cardandeasel may be 2, positioned as shown, isto be formed into a combined cover, easel and display card, the coverportion A, which is of suiiicient area to cover theboX-body, is providedwith side flaps 1, the. dotted fold lines b, b of which are continued bycuts ai, @extending into the easel forming portion of the blank, so thatt-he side liaps l may be bent on such dotted lines and turned up atright angles to the portion A. The end-forming iaps 2, 2 may then bebent on the' dotted unt-il they are in longitudinal alinement. The coverend then may be completed by'bending the part upward on the dotted linec until it is at a right angle to the portion A; portion 4 is towardeach other on the dotted lines e, e

until they overlap. Such flaps will thus be on the innerside` of the teris folded over onto the top of the boxbody, as hereafter explained andas shownin Figs, 3 and 4. The flaps 7 may be readily locked in positionby inserting the edge of one of them in an inclined slit 7L formed inthe other. locking the easel under thev box end, so as to prevent thevbox slipping forward and pulling the easel from under the elevated endof the box-body, there is preferably provided a cut-out 11 having anenlarged end portion forming shoulders 12, the latter being passedthrough the slotformed by the registering cutaway parts 13 1n the easelflaps 7 (Fig. 3), and this feature alsoaids in holding the flaps 7 inproper position sie cover when' the lat- To provide efficient means `forwith respect to each other when the easel is in its posit-ion of vuseunder the box. The enlarged end 12 of the cut-out or locking tab 11 maybe left in the slot formed by the registering cutaway portions 13 afterthe box' is first set up', so that if it is afterward desired to closethe box, the locking tab11 will lie under the top surface of the box andthus be in prop'er position to hold the easel under the box end when thebox is opened.

It will be seen from the foregoing that when the easel and box cover areformed from the blank 0f Fig. 2, as above described, and with the boxclosed as shown in Fig. 4, the easel iaps' 7 will lie under the easelpart 10 and thus reinforce the body portion A ,of the cover and suchpart 10, within which the cut-outl or locking tab 11 is formed, asclearly shown in the drawings, Fig. 4Q

The easel supported end of the box body inay be of any desiredconstruction, so long as Sonie provision is inade for attachment theretoof the display or advertising card C of the box cover. In Fig. 5,however, there is shown Vone preferred way of forining this end of thebox body so as to enable ready attachment of the easel to the box body.With this construction, the advertising or display card C may readily bei11- serted between overlapping end flaps 14 and an upturned end portion15, these parts being so formed and folded on the dotted line Z that theflaps 14 will be on the outside of the box body and will interlock witheachv other due to the provision of V-shaped slots m. formed therein asshown. When the box is set up, therefore, with the display card C of thebox cover secured to the end of the body portion as above described,such card will bend on the dotted line n, which is flush with the topend edge of the box body, so as to lie flat within the box when thelatter is closed. IVhen the box is opened, as illustrated in Figure 1,the advertising or display card will be supported in erect position `byproviding a cut-out or holding tab 1G having an, end edge portion ofnarrower width than the rest of the tab, so that` shoulders 17 will beformed thereon which will override a slot o formed in the end piece 15of the box body, as clearly shown in Figs. 1, 3, 4 and 5. Thus, when thecover is turned back under the box to position the easel under the endthereof, a downward pull is exerted on the display card C near the outeredges thereof, while an upward thrust is produced in the center of suchcard by the tab 1G. The result of these two opposing forces is tomaintain the card in erect position during use, while permitting thecard to fold on the line fn. when the box is-to be closed.k IVhen thebox is to be closed,9 the cut-out tab 16 may remain in the slot o, so asto be properly adjustedwhen the boxis again opened. The opposite end ofthe box bodyv portion'may be formed in anyv well known manner. Ifdesired, however, this may be done end, above described, but Without thelocking tab 6 of that construction, and a slot c (not shown) may beformed inthe fold line of the end piece of the box into which a lockingtab may be inserted to hold the parts in position.

The modified forms of blanks shown in Figs, G and 7 are somewhat similarto the blank of Fig. 2, and detailed descriptions thereof will not benecessary for a full understanding of how they are to be made 4In eachof these blanks the end portion is folded and secured in the sainemanner as the blank of Fig. 2, as above described, and the main pointsof difference reside in the formation of the easel portions Vso as todispense with the cut-out or holding tab 11 of such figure. the easelflaps 7, 8 are folded in the same way, and the notches 18 are firstinserted in the slits 19 before the notches 2O formed in the flaps 7 areinterlocked. This throws the part 10, which bends on the dotted line p,downward at a right angle to the body portion\A of the cover. In this.position of the parts, the inner edges of the iaps 7 will lie below thedotted line p and .therefore will press against the face of the part 10and thus hold all the parts in adjusted position.

In the blank of Fig. 7, the easel is formed in a manner somewhat similarto that of Fig. 6, except that locking tabs or cut-outs 21 are providedwhich are arranged to enter slits 22, the parts being adjusted so thatthe larger portions of the Hap 7 will lie between Thus, the edgeportions of such larger portions of the flaps 7 will lie below thedotted line p, so as to press against the face of the in the same Way asthe cover' Thus, in the blank of Fig. 6,

.the body of the blank and such locking tabs.

part 10, which isalso bent down at aV right angle to the part A, andthereby securely holdv the parts inposition.

It will be seen from the foregoing that the present. invention providesa combined box cover, easel and display or advertisingca'rd in whichthel easel portion'is formed with solid side walls, so as to be strongand rigid in use, vand that the display card ,will cooperate With theend of the box body so as to not only be readily attached thereto, butalso so' that such card maybe securely held in erect position when thebox is in use. The operation ofthe device is simple, ,and all that thedealer has to do, in accordance with either of the blanks, is

with a'box made l to turn the cover back under the bottom of y 1an soibined cover, easel support lVhat is claimed is:

l. Thecombination with a box body, of a combined cover, easel supportand display card formed from a single blank, said cover, easel supportand display i mounted on one end of the box body and with the easelarranged to have a pivotal movement around the end of the box body tosupport the same in an inclined position, and the cover portion beingarranged to lie under the bottom' of the box body to form an elevatedsupport therefor.

2. The combination with a box body, of a conibined cover, easel supportand display card, said cover, card being mounted on one end of the boxbody and with the easel arranged to have a pivotal movement around theendV of the box body to support the same in an inclined position, saidcover portion being arranged Ato lie under the bottoni of the box bodyto form an' elevatedv support therefor', and means for locking the easelunder the elevated end of the box body when in operative position.

3. The combination with a box body and the end forming members thereof,of a comand display card. said cover, ea el support and display card)eing mounted on one end of said box body with a portion of the displaycard extension positioned between said end-forming mem-l bers and withthe easel arranged to have ,I al pivotal movement around the end of thel bined cover, easel secured thereto,

box so as to support the same in an inclined position and with the coverportion being arranged to lie under the bottom of the box body to forman elevated support therefor, means for locking the easel support underthe elevated end of for holding' the display card erect.

4. The combination with a box, of a coma locking ta'b integral with saidcover said easel to hold the same Ain operative position under the endof the box, and a locking tab integral with said display card andarranged to co-operate with the box end ,to hold said card erect;

5. The combination with a box, ofa combined cover, easel support anddisplay card,

means formed on the box body for securing'said cover, easel and displaycard to said box, said easel when( in operative` position acting tosupport the l.box in an inclined position, and means formed on saidcover and said display card arranged to co-operate, respectively, withthe easel and the box end to hold said easel and display card inposition when the, box is in use.

,tion 10, top portion 9, flaps verticalside of theI easel support anddisplay the box body, and meansl Aunder the box,

.and arranged to co-operate with' to co-operate with a silt 6. Aone-piece box cover, easel support and display card blank portion A,easel support B, and display card C arranged .in line with the easelportion between the cover portion and the display card, said easelportion having hinge por- 7 arranged to interlock to form the easel, andflaps 8 folding to form solid side walls of the easel.

7. A onefpiece box cover, easel support and display card blank havingcover portion A with side flaps l,4 easel portion B with flaps 7arranged to interlock, solid side parts 8, and easel body portions 9,10, and display 'card C integral with c said portion 9.' c

8. A one piece box cover, easel support and display card blankcomprising a cover portion A, side flaps 1 thereon, cover-endA parts 2,3, 4, 5, locking tab 6 cooperating with said easel portion B having sideflaps 7 arranged to interlock and solid side parts 8, easel bodyportions 9, 10, display card C integral with said-portion 9,-a lockingtab 11 arranged to cooperate with to hold the same under the box when inuse, and a locking tab 16 arranged to co-operate with a box -body tohold said card erect.

9. The combination with` a box" and an easel support therefor, of adisplay card formed integral with said easel, and a locking tab formedon said display card arranged to co-operate with a slit in the box endfor producing an upward thrust on said display card to hold the sameerect.

10. The combination with a box, of a cover and an easel hinged togetherto swing and a lockingtab l1 on said cover arranged to engage said easelto hold easel. support therefor, of a display card formed integral withsaid easel, a locking tab'formedon said display card arranged at the boxend, and shoulders on said tab arranged to `overlie the ends of saidslit to produce an upward thrust on said display card. Y

12. The combination with a box, of a ldisplay card mounted thereon,means acting to produce a downward pull on the display card and a tabcarried by the display card .and coacting with the box body to producelan upwardy thrust hold the card erect.

y In testimony set my'hand.

on the display card to EDWIN EDARRAGH.

having coverthe latter in operative position under the` support anddisplay card b .l

1l. The combination with a box andan.

`whereof,- I have hereunto f said easel support y

